MAV_viewParams - View parameters.

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MAV_viewParams

## Summary

View parameters.

## Syntax

    typedef struct {
      MAV_vector eye;
      MAV_vector view;
      MAV_vector up;
      MAV_vector fixed_up;
      MAV_viewModifierFn mod;
      MAV_vector right;
      MAV_vector trans_eye;
      MAV_vector trans_view;
      MAV_vector trans_up;
      MAV_vector trans_right;
    } MAV_viewParams;

## Description

The `MAV_viewParams` data structure defines the user's view, as follows:

- `eye` position of the viewer's eye

- `view` normalized view direction vector, measured from the eye position

- `up` normalized view up vector

- `mod` at the start of each frame, the `mod` function is called. This arbitrarily transforms the supplied viewing vectors to produce the viewing vectors `trans_eye`, `trans_view`, `trans_up` and `trans_right`. It is these transformed vectors that are actually used to define the view. Setting this value to NULL, or using the `MAV_viewModifierFn` mav_viewParamsFixed, performs a null transformation (that is, the transformed vectors are the same as the supplied vectors). However, advanced users might wish to write their own functions to implement, say, an over-the-shoulder view for an avatar or a view whose orientation is matched to that of an HMD.

- `fixed_up` normalized world up vector, used by some navigation functions. This field is optional but it is strongly recommended that it is defined.

- `right` not directly defined by the user but rather calculated at the start of each frame by the kernel using the other viewing vectors. Since it is used by many routines, it is stored in the data structure rather than being calculated each time it is needed.

- `trans_view`, `trans_up`, `trans_right` see description of `mod`.

The viewing frustum is only fully defined once the `MAV_viewParams` are associated with a window, using the mav_windowViewParamsSet function, thus defining the field of view, aspect ratio and near/far clip planes.

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